Finally getting some color

[beadgal]

O.K. so I got my new Piranha, and I'm actually getting color instead of haze. My question is how do I use the same torch for soft glass without melting all my stringers into oblivion!!!!!! I used to be able to make cute raised stringer beads with small dots -----but not any more. Can you say frustrated???????
Help...please.

[Juln]

Ha ha!
Hey, are you the Sisters Beads from Wisconsin that has stuff in Woodbury?
No, I can't say frustrated. I've been trying but somehow I can't pronounce it.
Anyway, you can try a lower oxygen pressure... or just turn down the flame, or work farther out. I take it you've been on ahothead or something. It definitely take an adjustment when you start using a torch that has more heat than you need instead of just enough. Also, jumping back and forth between boro and soft glass can be confusing at first.
So: smaller flame. The boro one should be about 3 times as big.

[beadgal]

That would be me. I'm half of Sisters Beads. I was on a minor with 2 concentrators, but this is different. I've tried turning down th 02, and the propane. I really like the pinpoint flame,but I can't seem to find the right place that will allow me to keep a raised stringer.

[Mr. Smiley]

Work out farther in the flame... it's cooler the further you get from the face. It does take some adjusting... but you'll get it. ;)

[beadgal]

Would swearing help?

[dogmaw]

Yes, swearing always helps. :badgrin:

[beadgal]

I will try that today. I know a lot of choice words. Can anyone give me a good yellow opaque idea? I've got an urge for DAP over yellow

[Juln]

DAP over anything won't show much of the bottom color.

You might try NS Yellow over yellow, or Millenium Moss is good as well.

So..... hey! I'm doing another demo at Rainbow in May, and I think i'll actually bring the real torch again (last time I was lazy and took the hot head). I hope you two can make it this time!

[beadgal]

I'll be there. maybe you can teach me something on a "real torch" and I'll get some color in my boro.
I wondered if that was you. Don't worry I could never come up to your quality in hard glass. I love the soft too much.
See you then!!

[KristyN]

Cherie, keep playing with your flame. I too have had about 3 weeks on my new Piranha (upgrade from minor torch and 5lpm concentrator), and I can get an awesome, pinpoint flame. Almost looks like a little torch for jewelry work. I just turn down my propane when I'm needing the small flame, then dial it back up.

I've got an M-10 concentrator with this torch.
- Kristy

[beadgal]

I worked on it all day without screaming. Thanks for the encouragement. I do love the pinpoint flame, I'm just not used to the difference in heat yet.

[Tanya]

Cherie - I'll be swearing too soon (although I have to be careful because my 9 year old gives me a hard time about some of my most favorite words.) I haven't touched soft glass for a month or so, and I'm gonna be crying when I start again since I'm getting so used to all out blasting the glass with heat. Although I'm on a mini cc, I did pick up a tank of oxygen and hooking that up instead of my concentrators is like a torch upgrade!

[beadgal]

I think that's what makes boro so fun. You can cook the crap out of it and it's always a complete suprise---at least to me it is.
I have to force myself to hit the effetre after I play with the boro.